Toy bomb sight and bomber



Oct. 3, 1944. D. PITTS TOY BOMBSIGHT AND BOMBER Filed Jan. 22, 1944INVENTOR: THOMAS 0. pins L ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 3, 1944 TOY BOMB SIGHT :ANDBOMBER Thomas D. Pitts, GlenRidge, N. J., assigi1'or to Toy-Creations Inc., JerseyCity, N. J *acorporation of New Jersey Application January 22, 1944, s rial No.519,285

1 Claim.

My invention relates to toys, and more particularly to p-laythingsemployed for directing a missile to a target.

An object of my invention is a toy simulating an airplanes bombingdevice. A further object is to provide a toy releasing a missile so thatsaid missile will drop on a target situated below the toy.

Other-objects are to simulate the bomb release device of a flyingbomber, to provide one or more missiles adapted to be dropped from thetoys casing to a target, and to provide means retaining said missile ormissiles and leasing the same at any desired moment. Still other objectsare to. provide missiles which may be used repeatedly, which haveastreamlined or bombshaped appearance, which are adapted to dropvertically, and which are equipped with means that make said missilesmark the hit on the target.

Still further objects are to simulate the bombsight of a flying bomberand to provide a toy casing with observation openings in which a pictureof a horizontally spread target area will appear. Another object is tounite a bombsight and a bomb release in one casing.

Still other objects are to accomplish said objects with simple andinexpensive means, and to provide a structure of the toy which can beeasily manufactured, which is not bulky, and which can be easily handledby the hands of a player aiming at a horizontal target.

Still further objects and advantages will appear from the followingdescription of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, from theappended claim, and from the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 shows a horizontal view of an exemplifying embodiment of theinvention, seen from the upper side.

Fig. 2 shows a vertical cross-section of the same embodiment, takenalong the broken line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a front view of the same embodiment, seen from the rightside in Fig. 1 or 2.

Referring to the drawing, numeral I indicates a main body or rectangularcasing which may be made in any suitable manner, for example, fromlayers of cardboard glued together. The left end of the inner space ofsaid casing is filled by a wooden block 2 terminating at its inner,right side in a plane surface looking obliquely downward. This surfaceis covered by a mirror 3. The lower wall of the casing I has an opening4 situated below the mirror 3. The right wall of the leasing I has twocircular openings 5 having a distance from each other which correspondsto the distance of the eyes of a person. This side of the casing is thefront side of the toy. A person looking through the openings 5 into thecasing in horizontal direction will see in the mirror any object ortarget which is spread horizontally on the ground or under the casing,due to the fact that rays 6 originating from such target in verticaldirection will be deflected by the mirror 3 into the direction to theopenings 5.

Four vertical, cylindrical holes I arranged in a row are provided in theblock 2, and corresponding openings in the upper and lower wall of thecasing 2 form extensions of the holes 1. Instead of said number, anyother number of holes may be chosen. These holes serve as receptaclesfor the missiles which will be described later. Preferably, the loweropenings of the holes I are situated near the opening 4 whereby aimingwill be more accurate.

A number of holes 8, one hole 8 for each hole I, run obliquely from theupper surface of the casing I through the upper wall of the casing andthrough the block 2 into the lower part of the holes I. The diameters ofthe holes 8 are smaller than that of the holes I. A release rod 9 isslidably inserted in every hole 8 and has a lower end Ill extendingbeyond the end of the respective hole 8 and thereby obstructing thelower opening of the respective hole I. The upper end of each rod 9 hasa head or handle I I which has a diameter larger than the diameter ofthe hole 8 whereby said rod is prevented from falling through said hole.Said handle serves to pull the rod 9 upward whereby the lower end of therod is withdrawn from the obstructing position.

A missile or dropping body I2 having a shape simulating the streamlinedshape of a bomb is slidably inserted in each of the holes 1. Eachmissile I2 has a lower end which is rounded and made relatively heavyand terminates in a pointed needle I3. The upper ends of the missilesare preferably tapering and provided with vertically positioned wings orfins I4. When a release rod 9 is in its lowermost position (such as inthat condition of the toy shown in the drawing), the lower end ID ofsaid rod extends into the dropping path of the respective missile andthereby prevents said missile from dropping. The rods 9 may cross thepath of the respective missiles I2 slightly eccentrically so that eachmain body of a missile may rest on the end ID of a rod, and the needle[3 may pass aside of said end, as seen in Figure 2.

The bombing device represented by the toy is operated as follows:

The casing l is held horizontally before the player's face, his eyeslooking into the openings 5 and aiming at a definite target on an areaspread below the toy and visible in the mirror 3. Then, one rod 9 afterthe other, or several rods simultaneously, are pulled upward whereby thebomb or the bombs are released and drop on the target. Due to theirshape, load and wings, the missiles drop vertically. The needles [3penetrate the surface of the target and mark the hit spot. The hit willbe the more accurate, the more skill the player has acquired in handlingthe toy.

Thereafter, the missiles may be withdrawn from the target and may beused repeatedly in the described manner.

I desire it understood that my invention is not confined to theparticular embodiment shown and described, the same being merelyillustrative, and that the invention may be carried out in other wayswithout departing from the spirit of the invention, as it is obviousthat the embodiment shown and described is only one of the many that maybe employed to attain the objects of my invention.

Having described the nature of my invention and how it operates, what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A toy simulating an airplanes bombing device, said toy comprising acasing having a vertical hole and another hole running obliquely intosaid first hole, a missile slidably held in said first hole and a rodslidably inserted in said second hole and having a withdrawable endextending into the lower part of said first hole.

THOMAS D. PITTS.

